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MEA Legislative Tracker: Collective Bargaining/Union Rights
State Board of Education
Bollin
Eliminates state board of education.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/8/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
HB 4004
PA 9
Collective Bargaining
Weiss
Allows requirement for agency fee for nonunion members in bargaining agreements and as condition of employment in public sector.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/24/2023; Signed: March 24, 2023, Effective: March 17, 2024)
Collective Bargaining
Weiss
Revises collective bargaining rights to restore former provisions.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Labor Committee (3/14/2023)
HB 4044
PA 113
Collective Bargaining
Koleszar
Repeals provisions related to the collection of union dues by public school personnel and the freezing of wages and benefits for certain public employees during contract negotiations.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024 )
Collective Bargaining
Carter, B.
Prohibits an employer from offering or granting status as permanent replacement employee to certain individuals who work for the employer during a labor dispute.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Labor Committee)
HB 4233
PA 114
Public Service Employment
Churches
Removes prohibition against labor organizations' assistance in collecting dues from public school employee.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024 )
Union Dues
Farhat
Provides credit for the payment of qualified union dues paid to a labor organization.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Tax Policy Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Mentzer
Prohibits the public employer from discriminating against the public employee based on public employee's refusal to participate in certain meetings or communications sponsored by a public employer.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(3/9/2023; To Labor Committee)
Labor Regulations
Andrews
Repeals local government labor regulatory limitation act, 2015 PA 105.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Labor Committee (6/22/2023)
HB 4354
PA 115
School Employment
Weiss
Removes performance evaluation standards, merit pay standards, and decisions on layoff, recall, hiring, position eliminations, classroom observation, teacher placement, evaluation, discipline, and discharge from prohibited subjects of bargaining for public school employers.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024 )
Collective Bargaining
Weiss
Updates reference to reference to 1947 PA 336, the state school aid act of 1979.
Text & Analysis
Advanced to Third Reading
in House (6/13/2023; With committee substitute H-1 adopted.)
HB 4356
PA 143
Collective Bargaining
Carter, B.
Removes a public school employer's decision to contract with a third party for noninstructional support services from prohibited subjects of bargaining.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(10/3/2023; Signed: October 3, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024)
HB 4357
PA 144
Collective Bargaining
Hood
Updates reference to the state school aid act of 1979
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(10/3/2023; Signed: October 3, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024)
Public Employees
Andrews
Creates ombudsman for public employees.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Labor Committee (4/13/2023)
Collective Bargaining
Rheingans
Provides collective bargaining rights for graduate assistants and student athletes.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in House Labor Committee (6/22/2023)
Collective Bargaining
Bollin
Makes ending day of school year prohibited subject of bargaining.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/3/2023; To Labor Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Andrews
Allows the commission to certify labor organizations an exclusive bargaining representative of public employees based on petition and hearing.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/9/2023; To Labor Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Thompson
Requires agreements between employers and unions that require employees to pay union due to include provision that makes payment of dues voluntary if certain union officers are convicted of certain felonies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Martin
Requires agreements between public employers and unions that require public employees to pay union dues to include provision that makes payment of dues voluntary if certain union officers are convicted of certain felonies.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Right-To-Work Zones
BeGole
Allows local units of government to establish right-to-work zones.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Beson
Requires labor organizations to prepare quarterly report regarding expenditures.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Campaign Finances
Beeler
Prohibits exemption of a labor organization under certain circumstances.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Labor Organizations
Aragona
Prohibits labor organization's use of dues or fees for a political purpose unless authorized by the employee.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Public Service Employment
Aragona
Prohibits bargaining representative's use of dues or fees for a political purpose unless authorized by the public employee.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(5/16/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Haadsma
Makes minimum staffing levels within a bargaining unit a mandatory subject of bargaining.
Text & Analysis
Reported
in House (11/2/2023; Substitute H-2 adopted; By Labor Committee)
HB 4820
PA 116
Teachers and Administrators
Skaggs
Modifies factors for personnel decisions.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: July 1, 2024)
Teachers and Administrators
O'Neal
Removes references to section 1250 of the revised school code.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/15/2023; To Education Committee)
Teachers and Administrators
Shannon
Removes references to section 1250 of the revised school code.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(6/15/2023; To Education Committee)
Collective Bargaining
Schriver
Requires a union to obtain authorization from a public employee to obtain before expending the public employee's union dues on a political purpose, and creates sorting requirements.
Text & Analysis
Introduced
(9/20/2023; To Government Operations Committee)
HB 5021
PA 250
Public School Employees
Koleszar
Revises default option for newly hired employees.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(11/30/2023; Signed: November 29, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024 )
Collective Bargaining
Camilleri
Allows requirement for agency fee for nonunion members in bargaining agreements and as condition of employment in public sector.
Text & Analysis
Committee Hearing
in Senate Labor Committee (3/14/2023)
SB 34
PA 8
Collective Bargaining
Camilleri
Revises collective bargaining rights to restore former provisions.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(3/24/2023; Signed: March 24, 2023, Effective: March 17, 2024)
SB 169
PA 236
Collective Bargaining
Cherry
Requires public employers to provide public employee contact information to bargaining representatives.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(11/30/2023; Signed: November 29, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024 )
SB 185
PA 237
Graduate Assistant Unions
Irwin
Removes exclusion of certain graduate assistants from definition of public employee.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(11/30/2023; Signed: November 29, 2023, Effective: February 13, 2024 )
SB 359
PA 112
Collective Bargaining
Chang
Modifies method of compensation for teachers and school administrators.
Text & Analysis
Signed by the Governor
(7/27/2023; Signed: July 26, 2023, Effective: July 27, 2023)
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